True crime stories offer a dark mirror to their larger societies. Old City Hall (OCH) was designed as both a civic building and a courthouse beginning in 1899. When city staff moved to New City Hall in the 1960s, the Government of Ontario rented OCH for its provincial criminal courts until 2023. Many sensational trials have been heard in Old City Hall over 124 years. Collectors of local legal history can share their stories with guides for the retelling -- possibly in the actual courts where the trials were held. A trip to the graffiteed holding cells in the Ground Floor is mandatory.
Pictured is a small room on the third floor before the provincial courts left.
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